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A comment on Breakthrough Listen Project to Observe Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua.

Re:Breakthrough Listen Project to Observe Interstellar Objec... by yoodenvranx on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:01AM (#15904924)
A question to the experts: Is it possible with current technology to send a probe after it? Let's say we decide today to do it and then spend the next 1-2 years to build a probe: would we still be able to catch up to it?
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Re:Breakthrough Listen Project to Observe Interstellar Objec... by zaarn on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:29AM (#15905104)
Several designs for propulsion systems capable of these accelerations with sufficient efficiency exist. These fall mostly into the region of nuclear drives such as NERVA or Project Orion/Medusa.
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